Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-04
CITY COUNCIL.
The Fropesea charter s1 ske
Df~~eesfns Table


Dks~eesfns Table
The Council was called to erder Est
evening at 7:so. President Breed m the
chair. Present, Me=ers- Collins Frask-
enfield, Gess, Joaes. Lansbse. Laxell.
Perry, Tesd and Bseeds W. H. werR-
man. Mayors &c Daily. City Artsney.
and tie Clerk.
From ". L. Register & Co. To grssiei
iutefsecsioa of F!cwsr and First streets
fos Sl2Sl, and froGa D. L. D1nsgsH To
grade sanas Intersection at the rare Of
81 ~ per foot. also Intersection CT FHss
and Court House streets at the TAG Of
81 per foes On each size. Referred to-
the Board ef Public Works.
A petition from several taxpayers, rec
ommending Wm- Cls toa to the esTsee OF
city sexton. was referred to sAe BsazI Of
HEALTH
On rEE THARTER-
The matter OF the charter eanssI con-
siderable preliminary diacusss-n- Mr.
the present and these Of the proposed
charter be taken seriati,n and ccmrsrsd
The motion was earrles.
After several sections hal been rslssi-
Mr.. Lowell u,oved to rslecs the charter
and to wait until the nzxt census tor q
better one. ttsioomy si.ence.l
Mr.. Jones moved % reject that part Of
section Sos of the proposed charter re-
lating TO the eiecsisn OF effcers. men-
tionins the elsesisn OF seven members of I
the Board of Police ami Flre CommSs-
sionsrs. Carried
Mr.. Jones moved thai the clsuse re- /
la:ing to the election of seven Council \
men be changed to s'one CoRreslz,an \
from each ward and two at lazge." Mr..
Fraakeuiela amended by moving thas
"seven" be stricken cut aal Inf teea~
insssssS. Considerable discassioa en-
sued after wtlen sa-. FranSsuielS1s
Amendment VAS adopsei
AIR. Perry moved to rsssra tha war,iss
Tax Csl.scsOra and City Assessor,
omitted IN the sectson relatiae &c the h
election OF oiiicers. Carried. He also
moved the election, by the Council and
not by the pseple, OF the Ckizf CT P5-
ice. tie Ciesk Of sha Council and the
City Auditor. Carried.
Mr.. Lowell moved to strike cut s.Prus4
ecntipg Attorney" Eeiissirg that the
Ci;y Attorney eugat to have tbs EewvT
70 aEpc,nt his os1s ss5saty. Carried
Nj. Perry moved that Section sos ne
htins 70 etficial bonds, In the prureeed
charter, be cancelled and the sectloa of
the present charter be substituted there
t0. Carried
In Sectila 3o5. relating To officers as
bondsmen. on motion of Mr.. Jones', tine
words. .-Nar shall any eoatracS be
awarded. or franchise granted to any
persoa who may be surety On thu etfs-
cial band of any officer OF the city,
were stricken cue. II
SALARIES Of oEFIcERs HI
Section sos. relating TO the salaries of
officers WIS next tackled. The SALARY OF
the Mayer was red4acsd fro1E $500 to
SaCeo, Treasurer frssa S.ssAsa 10 SE9a0s
Auditor, Sia1o, Clerk on tine Couaell
SAeia. instead of AuGsieo- ami ex-eGSclo
Clerk OF the C0Gecii Seessl1t5S CITY AsserA
ney $500, instead OF SsaGs, School Su-
SsO06, not el1aageds City
Assessor $500, Tax Cellsctcr. tees. as
In old charter. Ia
ANOTHER NONE
A motion was then in5roiursS Nv Mr. III
Frarksnfiel3. who was unsler tizsa nm
preston that the proposed char er weslAd
probably fall thrclsh. as falloxss IL
RssosRcs5, That our Senaspr and Rep
In tie Legislaturs be re-
sxeseeS - cause "a amendment to tins
Constitution Of the State, to be submit
ted to the people. proviGiag that all
cities CT ten sholsal3 Inhabitants ami
over shall be entitled to special char
ter, 10 be amended from Time to time s.
may require. AMI that the
Clerk Of the Ccuneii forward corSes Of
this resolution 10 cur representatives at
without delay. TSs reso- IL
luton was spopssG- II
Mr.. Jones' moved tha. further eansld-
erasion Of the charter be assigaeH to n
ef which tie President of +
the Council, the Mayer and the City 4r-
,ornsy be members. who will repoct
their work 20 ths Council at its Esxs '
meeting. II
The President apeeintsd Nsssrs.
Lambie, Collins. Jensss Perry and
frsnsenfieii.
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